LOS ANGELES, Dec 4, 2007 (AFP) - A cosmetics company is suing US actress Teri Hatcher for two million dollars, accusing her of breaking an advertising contract by promoting a rival brand's lip gloss, according to court documents released Tuesday, December 4th.

Teri Hatcher - Photo : Frazer Harrison/AFP

The Hydroderm company lodged a case in a Los Angeles court against the 43-year-old star of the hit series "Desperate Housewives," saying she endorsed products of another firm, City Cosmetics, despite being contracted since November 2005 to promote Hydroderm.

It said she posed for photographs and talked up the rival company's products in interviews, specifically praising a City Cosmetics lip gloss which competes with Hydroderm's own lip product.

A spokesman for Hatcher was not immediately available for comment.